Mia Heathcote

Senior Soloist

Mia was born in Melbourne and trained at The Australian Ballet School

She began her ballet training at the age of 4, with Anna Veretennikova, and then Jane Moore. Mia joined The Australian Ballet School in 2010 and during her time there she received an Advanced Diploma of Dance, The Graeme Murphy Award for Excellence in contemporary dance and the Award for Excellence in classical ballet.

Mia joined Queensland Ballet as a Company Dancer in January 2014. She was a dual recipient of the Energex Rachael Walsh Artistic Award 2015.

​Repertoire Highlights

Titania in Liam Scarlett's A Midsummer Night's Dream

Paulina Quinteros' Wings of Love pas de deux

Fairy of Grace and Fairy of Beauty in Greg Horsman's The Sleeping Beauty

Effie in Peter Schaufuss' La Sylphide

George Balanchine's Serenade

Sir Kenneth MacMillan's Romeo & Juliet

Tim Harbour's Sweedeedee for the Australian Ballet's 50th Anniversary

Young Clara in Graeme Murphy's Nutcracker, the story of Clara

Did you know?

Mia loves Op-shopping and searching for antiques and vintage goods

Mia is interested in arts, craft and design, she makes her own cards!

Elephants are Mia's favourite animal.

What inspires you to dance?

"There are countless aspects that inspire me to dance. Although, there is one cause of inspiration in particular that makes me feel something ultimately special, and that is the music. When I hear a beautiful piece of music, it has the ability to affect me in a way where I feel a complete sense of elation. It's like the music hits a trigger inside me, which transports me to another place where I'm able to express anything it may compel me to feel. Then, when the music is bound with movement, it is just heavenly. That, to me, is a constant source of inspiration."